Britain to reopen embassy in Yemen on Sunday

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Source: Reuters

The British Embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa will reopen on Sunday after being closed for 12 days because of security concerns.

"British Embassy #Yemen open as normal from Sunday 18 August. Apologies for the brief hiatus," British Ambassador Jane Marriott tweeted.

The Foreign Office said on August 6 it had withdrawn all staff from the embassy due to a high threat of kidnapping.

Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries, is the base for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), one of the most active branches of the network founded by Osama bin Laden, and militants have launched attacks from there against the West.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/18/us-yemen-britain-embassy-idUSBRE97H00920130818

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1. "Yemen, one of the poorest Arab countries, ...

... is the latest base for the US's drone wars, where hellfire missiles are routinely fired on villages, killing people indiscriminately and creating a state of absolute terror among the innocent population"